This originally straight farm fence has been laterally displaced at least 2 metres where it crosses the previously unknown faultline from which the Saturday 4 September 2010 earthquake originated.
Looking along this previously unknown faultline that runs through this paddock, note how the ground had heaved and subsided; magnitude 7.1 earthquake in mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.
The faultline cuts across Telegraph Road, leaving a kink in its originally straight alignment; aftermath of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in mid-Canterbury on Saturday 4 September 2010.
An army truck travelling down a gravel road in Avonside. To the right is a digger which has been used to fix the road.
The damaged Mona Vale Homestead. The brickwork on the corner has cracked and partly collapsed.
The roof of St John the Baptist Church on Latimer Square. Masonry has tumbled into the building, tearing a hole in the roof and exposing the inside of the church.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the entrance of a property on Glenarm Street. The pavement has been churned up by the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
The damaged Mona Vale Homestead. The brickwork on the corner has cracked and partly collapsed.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Avonside Drive footpath".
A sand volcano in the Halswell Primary School grounds. Sand volcanoes were caused by liquefaction where the soil loses its strength during the earthquake and the silt rises upwards, ejecting out of a hole like magma in a volcano.
A photograph of an opened filing cabinet at the Diabetes Centre on Hagley Avenue. The filing cabinet opened during the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A photograph of an opened filing cabinet at the Diabetes Centre on Hagley Avenue. The filing cabinet opened during the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the entrance of a property on Glenarm Street. The pavement has been churned up by the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A photograph of a crack across a BMX track near Anzac Drive in Bexley.
A photograph of damage to Highfield Road, showing the tar stretched across a crack.
Cracks in the mortar of the brick Kaiapoi War Memorial building on Charles Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Cracks in the road on Avonside Drive".
A close up of a crack running through the stonework of Christ Church Cathedral.
The damaged AA Centre building on Durham Street. Cracks are visible in the walls.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Cracks in the road on Avonside Drive".
Cracks in the mortar of the brick Kaiapoi War Memorial building on Charles Street.
Cracks in the mortar of the brick Kaiapoi War Memorial building on Charles Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Cracks in the road on Avonside Drive".
Cracks in the road seal on Avonside Drive from the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Earthquake damaged building in the CBD. Cracks are clearly visible down the exterior walls.
A photograph of cracks in the brickwork around a window of 216 Peterborough Street.
Cracks in the road seal on Avonside Drive from the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Lego bricks in the cracks between the wooden planks of the Coffee Zone kiosk.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Cracks in the road on Avonside Drive".
Cracks and liquefaction on a street in Avonside after the September 4th earthquake.
